The city of Guangzhou on Wednesday imposed Covid-19 curbs in parts of the city, joining Shenzhen in battling local flare-ups. Several of the mainland's biggest cities have stepped up Covid-19 restrictions this week, affecting the activities of tens ...

China's ruling Communist Party will open its five-yearly National Congress on October 16, the Politburo announced on Tuesday. The meeting, which typically lasts about a week and is held mostly behind closed-doors, is the highest level political con...

State support for the mainland economy this year is now greater than it was in 2020, Premier Li Keqiang has said, surpassing help given at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. "In response to new challenges, [we have] decisively launched a packag...

Police on the mainland have arrested more than 200 suspects linked to what authorities have called a "complex" banking scam. Four banks in central Henan province suspended cash withdrawals in April as regulators cracked down on mismanagement, freezi...

The southern technology hub of Shenzhen reported 35 new locally transmitted Covid-19 infections for Monday, up from 11 a day earlier, the Health Commission of Guangdong Province said on Tuesday. Monday's local infections – including 24 symptomati...

Shenzhen on Monday suspended services at 24 subway stations after reporting new Covid-19 cases. According to CCTV, the stations are located in Luohu and Futian districts. It's not immediate known when services will resume. The world's largest elect...

A southwestern part of the mainland that has suffered scorching temperatures this month is now on alert for flooding amid days of torrential rain. Downpours in the sprawling manufacturing hub of Chongqing and nearby areas of Sichuan province follow ...

Mainland oil giants have made record first-half profits helped by rising gas prices, despite an economy hobbled by Covid restrictions. The world's largest refiner by capacity, Sinopec on Monday said it recorded an interim net income of US$6.3 billio...

The mainland on Sunday reported 1,294 new Covid infections locally, as city-wide testing begins in Tianjin. Among the latest infections, 259 are symptomatic and the rest did not show any symptoms. Hainan and Sichuan provinces saw the highest tally ...

The China Volleyball Association has apologised after the national women's team wore N95 masks in their Asian Cup match against Iran on Thursday. The players wore masks in the first set, which China lost 24-26. They then removed their masks and won ...

The Commerce Ministry on Thursday criticised the United States for adding seven Chinese entities to its export control list. Spokeswoman Shu Jueting said Washington's move severely damaged normal business activities between the two countries and wen...

China is easing restrictions on visas after it largely suspended issuing them to foreign students and others more than two years ago at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The website of the Chinese Embassy in India said the updated procedures would...

China on Tuesday launched a new satellite into space. According to Xinhua News Agency, the Chuangxin-16 satellite was launched by a Kuaizhou-1A rocket which blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre. The Chuangxin-16 will mainly be used ...

Macau is planning to strengthen its national security law to bring it into line with Hong Kong's and that of the mainland. Security officials in Macau said on Monday that they want to amend the national security law passed in 2009, in light of chang...

A high-speed electric passenger train and an inspection train, customised for a high-speed rail network in Indonesia, has left the port of Qingdao in eastern Shandong province. The trains, which began their journey on Sunday, were designed and manu...

China is mobilising rocket launchers to make it rain. The rockets, launched into clouds, carry chemicals that can induce rainfall, as part of an all-out campaign to protect the country's grain harvest from record-setting drought. The move comes as ...

China cut its benchmark lending rates on Monday, adding to easing measures announced last week, as Beijing steps up efforts to spur credit demand in an economy hobbled by a property crisis and a resurgence of Covid infections. The one-year loan prim...

Mainland China reported 2,310 new coronavirus cases for August 20 of which 602 were symptomatic and 1,708 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Sunday. That was up from 2,354 new cases a day earlier - 639 symptomatic and 1,715 as...

Billionaire Xiao Jianhua, who was taken away from the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong five years ago, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison by a Shanghai court for financial crimes. It also fined his Tomorrow Holdings conglomerate a record 55.03 b...

China's cyberspace watchdog on Friday said it wants to build an "affectionate" relationship between internet enterprises and the government, in the latest verbal assurance to an industry still on edge after regulations began tightening in 2020. The...